Sale reports / Nebraska / Crawford / 2025-05-09

Crawford

Name: Crawford livestock auction prices — 2025-05-09
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-05-09

Feeder Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Crawford, Nebraska · Fri, May 9

● Final34 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1857

← Apr 18May 9May 30 →

Feeder Cattle receipts

1,207 head

▼ 1,678 vs last sale 2,885▲ 1,207 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

Replacement Cattle receipts

370 head

▲ 370 vs last sale 0▲ 370 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago

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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Mix sale of bred cows and pairs. Plus a few lot loads of feeder steers calves. Plus packages of heifers and steer calves. No trend will be applicable been several weeks since last sale. Demand was moderate to good on all cattle.

Weight class — the figures below change to match

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $382.80/cwt on 22 head. That ranks 1 of 13 comparable sales and sits −83.04 against this barn's trailing median of $465.84.

Average price

$382.80

22 head · 539 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,063

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$42

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 1-2

$42.45/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−7.78

vs NE average

+4.01 vs national

Price by quality 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	527	392.45	2,068	17thin
Medium and Large 1-2	579	350.00	2,027	5thin

One grade step is worth $42.45/cwt here — about $42 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale22 hd

382.80

—

NE average7 barns · 980 hd

390.59

−7.78

National average168 barns · 13,508 hd

378.79

+4.01

This barn, trailing median13 sales

465.84

−83.04

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

13 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $507.50, low $427.00, median $465.84 across 13 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age

Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.

Class	Stage	Age	Avg wt	$/head	Head
Bred Cows	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,430	$2,894	25
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1,656	$3,628	16
Cow-Calf Pairs	Open	Aged (>8 yrs)	1,516	$3,260	82

Every lot

34 lots · USDA AMS · Crawford Livestock Market - Crawford, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.

Class	Weight	Grade / description	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Feeder Cattle · Steers14 lots · lightest first
Steers	350–400	Medium and Large 1	382	467.00/cwt	467.00–467.00	1,784	10
Steers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	431	432.50/cwt	432.50–432.50	1,864	16
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	452	432.00/cwt	432.00–432.00	1,953	17
Steers	450–500	Medium and Large 1-2	476	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,761	6
Steers	500–550	Medium and Large 1	527	392.45/cwt	391.00–395.00	2,068	17
Steers	550–600	Medium and Large 1-2	579	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,027	5
Steers	600–650	Medium and Large 1	621	371.00/cwt	371.00–371.00	2,304	11
Steers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	661	377.00/cwt	377.00–377.00	2,492	7
Steers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	722	327.17/cwt	322.00–336.00	2,362	26
Steers	750–800	Medium and Large 1	772	318.98/cwt	308.00–324.00	2,463	136
Steers	800–850	Medium and Large 1	826	317.13/cwt	308.75–322.00	2,619	454
Steers	850–900	Medium and Large 1	852	318.06/cwt	303.00–320.00	2,710	120
Steers	900–950	Medium and Large 1	906	285.50/cwt	285.50–285.50	2,587	70
Steers	950–1000	Medium and Large 1	951	286.00/cwt	286.00–286.00	2,720	58
Feeder Cattle · Heifers9 lots · lightest first
Heifers	300–350	Medium and Large 1	330	435.00/cwt	435.00–435.00	1,436	5
Heifers	350–400	Medium and Large 1Spayed	398	423.00/cwt	423.00–423.00	1,684	6
Heifers	400–450	Medium and Large 1	444	385.00/cwt	385.00–385.00	1,709	8
Heifers	450–500	Medium and Large 1	465	372.76/cwt	367.50–380.00	1,733	31
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1Spayed	572	350.00/cwt	350.00–350.00	2,002	8
Heifers	550–600	Medium and Large 1	578	344.00/cwt	344.00–344.00	1,988	10
Heifers	650–700	Medium and Large 1	679	303.48/cwt	294.50–315.50	2,061	30
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1Spayed	731	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	1,974	6
Heifers	700–750	Medium and Large 1	741	283.00/cwt	283.00–283.00	2,097	6
Replacement Cattle · Cow-Calf Pairs10 lots · lightest first
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1-2	1,263	2,500.00/head	2,500.00–2,500.00	2,500	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,398	3,050.00/head	3,050.00–3,050.00	3,050	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,449	3,385.37/head	3,375.00–3,400.00	3,385	14
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,475	2,600.00/head	2,600.00–2,600.00	2,600	5
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Large 1	1,546	3,550.00/head	3,550.00–3,550.00	3,550	10
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,599	3,650.00/head	3,650.00–3,650.00	3,650	9
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Large 1Broken Mouth	1,623	3,601.74/head	3,550.00–3,700.00	3,602	23
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Large 1	1,633	3,650.00/head	3,650.00–3,650.00	3,650	6
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Large 1-2	1,669	2,900.00/head	2,900.00–2,900.00	2,900	7
Cow-Calf Pairs	—	Medium and Large 1	1,729	3,600.00/head	3,600.00–3,600.00	3,600	7
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows1 lot · lightest first
Bred Cows	—	Medium and Large 1Broken Mouth	1,430	2,893.55/head	2,600.00–3,175.00	2,894	25

This sale against other markets

Nebraska weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Crawford Livestock Market - Crawford, NE

Fri May 9, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Feeder CattleReceipts 1,207Last week 2,885Year ago 0

Replacement CattleReceipts 370Last week 0Year ago 0

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,546	3,550.00	3,550.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	6	—	1,633	3,650.00	3,650.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,669	2,900.00	2,900.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	23	—	1,623	3,550.00–3,700.00	3,601.74

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1$ per head · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	9	—	1,599	3,650.00	3,650.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	14	—	1,449	3,375.00–3,400.00	3,385.37
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,729	3,600.00	3,600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	7	—	1,398	3,050.00	3,050.00
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	5	—	1,475	2,600.00	2,600.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	Open	10	—	1,263	2,500.00	2,500.00

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1 · Broken Mouth$ per head · actual wt
Aged (>8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	25	—	1,430	2,600.00–3,175.00	2,893.55

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
5	300–350	330	435.00	435.00
8	400–450	444	385.00	385.00
31	450–500	465	367.50–380.00	372.76
10	550–600	578	344.00	344.00
30	650–700	679	294.50–315.50	303.48
6	700–750	741	283.00	283.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Spayed$ per cwt · actual wt
6	350–400	398	423.00	423.00
8	550–600	572	350.00	350.00
6	700–750	731	270.00	270.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
10	350–400	382	467.00	467.00
16	400–450	431	432.50	432.50
17	450–500	452	432.00	432.00
17	500–550	527	391.00–395.00	392.45
11	600–650	621	371.00	371.00
7	650–700	661	377.00	377.00
26	700–750	722	322.00–336.00	327.17
136	750–800	772	308.00–324.00	318.98
454	800–850	826	308.75–322.00	317.13
120	850–900	852	303.00–320.00	318.06
70	900–950	906	285.50	285.50
58	950–1000	951	286.00	286.00

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
6	450–500	476	370.00	370.00
5	550–600	579	350.00	350.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.